Batting, is about partnerships. No batsman can win a game without a partner no matter how well he plays..

Sometimes, batsmen find each other and some luck to put on mammoth partnerships which stay in record books for long. Today, lets look at the highest partnerships between two batsmen in one day international cricket :-

372 = Chris Gayle + Marlon Samuels :- came together when first wicket had fallen for no run on board and nearly batted out all the overs, blasting 19 sixes and 21 fours between them. That day, Chris Gayle scored 5th ODI double century, first by a non-Indian.

331 = Sachin Tendulkar + Rahul Dravid :- made at Hyderabad against New Zealand. That day, Tendulkar scored his highest ODI score = 186 till that day and was unbeaten as innings finished after starting as opener. His partner, Rahul Dravid, scored 153 himself which is his highest ODI score as well. Together, these two vetern Indian batting stalwarts put on 331 from 45.2 overs for the second wicket against a strong Kiwi bowling lineup of Chris Cairns, Shane O'Connor, Chris Drum, Daniel Vettori and Chris Harris.

318 = Saurav Ganguly + Rahul Dravid :- is third only triple century partnership in oneday cricket. made in a must win world cup 1999 match by Indian batsmen against Srilankans.

In fact, if you notice two tables carefully, you'll find Indian batsmen feature the most. big appetite for runs they have..

286 = Sanath Jayasuriya + Upul Tharanga :- is the record for highest opening partnership in one day internationals. Home team England had put on up a solid 322 run target that day at Leeds but visitors Srilankans started in imphatic manner.. putting 286 for first wicket and winning the game with 8 wickets in hand and over 12 overs left to play! Sanath Jayasuriya scored 152 from 99 balls with 20 fours and 4 sixes while Tharanga finished with 109 from 102 balls with 14 fours and a six.

Highest partnerships (by wicket) in one day cricket.

Batsmen (country)

Wkt

P'ship

Versus

Date

Upul Tharanga + S Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)

1st

286

England

1 Jul 2006

Chris Gayle + Marlon Samuels (WI)

2nd

372

Zimbabwe

24 Feb 2015

Denesh Ramdin + Darren Bravo (WI)

3rd

258

Bangladesh

25 Aug 2014

Md Azharuddin + Ajay Jadeja (India)

4th

275*

Zimbabwe

9 Apr 1998

David Miller + JP Duminy (SA)

5th

256

Zimbabwe

15 Feb 2015

M Jayawardene + MS Dhoni (Asia)

6th

218

Africa

10 Jun 2007

Jos Buttler + Adil Rashid (England)

7th

177

New Zealand

9 Jun 2015

Justin Kemp + Andrew Hall (South Africa)

8th

138*

India

26 Nov 2006

Angelo Mathews + Lasith Malinga (SL)

9th

132

Australia

3 Nov 2010

Viv Richards + Michael Holding (WI)

10th

106*

England

31 May 1984

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